Job Opportunity with FFP Member, Barnardo's: Adoption Social Worker

Location: Barnardo's Cymru Adoption & Fostering Service
Salary: £35,360 - £41,006
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37
Closing Date: 16 June 2023
Interview Date: TBC

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We are seeking to recruit a permanent full-time Adoption Social Worker within Barnardo's Cymru Adoption Service. We are a Pan-Wales service which means we work with prospective adopters and adopters across Wales. We are looking for a social worker who is innovative, dynamic and forward-thinking to join our established adoption team. As a social worker within our adoption  team you will assess and prepare prospective adoptive families to meet the needs of children with an adoption plan. You will work closely with family finders internally and externally, whilst building strong positive relationships with the Adoption Regions across Wales. Working within a regulated framework it is of importance that the successful candidate is able to respond within regulatory time frames and with timeliness to the needs of children, prospective adopters and adoptive families.

You will have experience of Regulatory obligations, such as reviews, visiting families, prospective Adopters, managing caseloads, completing PAR Assessments and reviews. work as an effective Team Player, bring an holistic approach to the Service. Managing risks; writing reports, undertake interviews, observations, assessments; work with other partner agencies; analytical reporting; case records and management information and experience of working with a diverse range of communities.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a creative and innovative Voluntary adoption service where you will have the opportunity to further develop a successful child-focussed service, making a real difference to the lives of children and adoptive families across Wales. Our offices are based in Caerphilly, however hybrid working is encouraged across the service, which enables a more flexible approach to the working week.

If you feel you have the necessary qualities to ensure high quality services are provided to children requiring adoption and their families we would like to hear from you.
 
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Pay & Reward Framework
We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values.  We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo's as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay progression steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours.  More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you
The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's
At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.
 
Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.

Full details and application documents here